[MOSAIC] teaching strategies

[Angela Almond]

I'm just glad it's not just me!!!!!

~Angela~

"Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv"
<mosaic at literacyworkshop.org> on Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 4:17 PM
-0500 wrote:
>I think that is a problem across the board.  Our school is listing grade 
>level text that can/should be used solely for that grade level.
>Of course you can go deeper than the previous year but some texts need to
>be 
>unseen/new to the students.
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Angela Almond" <Angela_Almond at scs.k12.nc.us>
>To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv" 
><mosaic at literacyworkshop.org>
>Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 12:36 PM
>Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] teaching strategies
>
>
>>I am in the same boat.  I have been using the materials from the
>> Comprehension Toolkit for several years in fourth grade and this year
>> third grade started using the exact same materials.  I don't have a
>> problem with reteaching the exact same strategies because they will
>> inevitably dig deeper into them from year to year.  My problem is that
>now
>> I have to go and locate new material next year because I don't want the
>> kids using the same things to practice their strategies with each year.
>> Our literacy facilitator finally stepped in right before Christmas and
>> told them to find different material because most of what is in the
>> Toolkit is too difficult for the third graders.  She also ordered fourth
>> grade a subscription to National Geographic for Kids so I can use them
>> next year.  Is anyone else running into this problem or is it just me
>> being too territorial?
>>
>> "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Listserv"
>> <mosaic at literacyworkshop.org> on Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 9:23 AM
>> -0500 wrote:
>>>Once again our staff met to share lessons and activities that we use
>>>while teaching the reading strategies. A new strategey is introduced
>>>monthly. And once again several grade levels are using the same
>>>materials and books to teach the strategies during guided reading. How
>>>do you handle this situation? I believe that each year we should be
>>>"digging a little deeper" while teaching the strategies, not reteaching
>>>something that the kids learned the year before. How can we change this
>>>practice....we have to make our teaching better for our students if we
>>>want to help them become successful readers. Thank you.
>>


Angela Hatley Almond
Fourth Grade
East Albemarle Elementary School